Scared to start

[Zizi444]

I've had my pen for 2 weeks but I'm just too scared to start. Not of the injections, but of everything else - allergic reaction, being really ill, death. I dont have loads to lose but I carry it all round my middle which I know is not good and I just cant lose it. I think I also feel like a failure and that I should be able to do this without drugs - this just makes me stress more that if something did happen it would be my own stupid fault. I struggle with worring about my health constantly and I don't know if I can do this. I'd never say all this to anyone in real life and I know I probably sound nuts. Has anyone else overcome this? Thanks

Just do it

Dont think about it - just do it

There are plenty of people who post similar thoughts on here about starting. It seems daunting and unfamiliar, which can be unnerving. They get past it.

I don't know if considering this logically would be of any help? What were the reasons you decided to get a prescription in the first place? Presumably you are obese, or overweight with weight related health issues. This medication can help you to lose weight and improve your health. Would you refuse other medication, say to treat high blood pressure, because you think that it would represent a failure rather than simply treating a medical condition?

Your overall risk of ill health will decrease by taking Mounjaro/Wegovy and losing weight. I've been taking Mounjaro for 9 months, no allergic reaction, never been really ill, and not died yet. But I have lost 107 pounds and my health and wellbeing is dramatically improved.

My DH is a health worrier like you and to be brutally honest, it limits him more than actually being ill/potentially being ill.

My advice is just do it.
I cannot tell you how much it’s improved my mental health, my overall physicality - no creaking or aching joints, better sleep, better digestion, clearer skin and that’s without the benefits of the actual weight loss.

Biggest problem I had was an unsettled tummy at the start and frankly, I was swinging between constipation and diarrhoea before starting weight loss injections because my food decisions were questionable, so that wasn’t a problem and settled down after a few days.

I’ve also had a little itchiness in the injection site which again, settled with a little steroid cream.

My life is so much better OP. It’s definitely worth pursuing.

I was so nervous to start I think the pen sat in my fridge for 2 weeks before I got the courage to do it.

I've lost 8 pounds in 3 weeks and feel fantastic!

Wish I had started sooner!

I had my pen for four months OP 😂. I’m now 1.5 stone down 2.5 month in.

I had my pen a week before I started. I was really disappointed that I couldn’t, as an adult, find that magic switch to stop over eating and find the energy for exercise.
im on my 2nd week and really glad I started. The food noise has massively quietened. I feel more positive and have more energy. All I can say which is what I read over and over- wish I had started sooner.